Accountability

Mission Statement

Our mission is to prepare versatile journalists who are ably suited to enhance the profession in Alaska and elsewhere. The Department is committed to the development of professional skills, critical thinking and journalistic ethics.

Undergraduate Journalism Student Headcounts:

As this chart indicates, many of our students initially pursue other disciplines before settling on Journalism as a major. Work on UAF's Sun Star newspaper, KSUA radio and other campus media often serves as a recruiting tool for the program. Again, these figures reflect only fall class enrollment and excludes students taking classes before acceptance into the B.A. degree path.

UAF Institutional Research Data

University data offers a broader perspective on Journalism's program interest, graduation stats, ethnic makeup of our students and credit-hour delivery.

Headcount of Majors

Degree and major sought

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

BA Journalism

97

100

107

94

89

67

59

BI Premajor - Journalism

9

6

3

8

8

2

4

Upduplicated headcount

106

106

109

102

96

69

62

Data Provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research

A student seeking more than one degree, or changing major during a fiscal year, is counted more than once, except on the "unduplicated headcount" line. The unduplicated headcount is futher broken down in the next table.

Majors by Race and Gender

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

Native female

12

7

13

9

6

4

2

Native male

1

2

5

6

3

4

Non-native female

57

59

61

48

52

29

30

Non-native male

37

39

33

40

32

33

26

Total minorities

34

26

33

32

28

11

8

Data Provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research

Degrees Awarded

Degree and Major

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

BA Journalism

12

10

11

8

16

11

9

Total # awards

12

10

11

8

16

11

9

Data Provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research

Ratio of Degrees Awarded to Majors Enrolled

FY8-12

FY10-14

BA Journalism

0.12

0.13

BI Premajor - Journalism

0.12

Data Provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research

The average number of awards per degree, major, and year over the five-year period (as reported in the previous table), divided by the average count of majors over those same years.

Reported only for programes with at least one major in the respective years.

Student Credit Hours, by Subject and Level

Subject and level

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

JRN - Lower

398

389

297

532

510

423

231

JRN - Upper

584

567

610

475

528

521

375

JRN - Grad

53

27

18

24

10

12

JRN - Outside

533

473

486

293

301

279

119

Data Provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research

Courses taught by the department during the regular fall and spring terms are listed on the "developmental", "lower", "upper" and "grad" lines. Courses taught by Summer Sessions, the Center for Distance Education and rural campuses are pooled and reported on the "Outside" line. Only departmentally produced credit hours are considered when evaluating teaching effort and faculty productivity. All data in this section taken from Banner closing freezes.

Service Teaching

Enrollee's major

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

In department

482

565

609

601

561

521

297

In unit, outside department

168

143

106

142

184

171

138

Outside unit

400

281

219

300

305

267

195

Data Provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research

"Service Teaching" is defined here as the number of credit hours a department delivers to students who are not seeking a degree from that same department.

UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research (PAIR) Graphic Data

All the below graphs are provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research.

Student Credit Hours, by Subject and Level

Service Teaching

Headcount of Majors

Majors by Race and Gender

Degrees Awarded

Tuition Revenue Generated

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

Tuition Generated

$150,251

$145,870

$144,555

$167,066

FY12

FY13

FY14

Tuition Generated

$177,276

$177,825

$120,000

Data provided by UAF Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research.

Calculated from departmental credit hour production and the published lower-division, upper-division and graduate tuition rates. Out-of-state surcharges, tuition waivers and fee-in-lieu-of-tuition adjustments are NOT applied.